Definition of "legal status" []

• A status defined by law (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The parish of Greiz has existed since 1897 and the statutes of the Catholic congregation there, dated 12 April, 1897, received government sanction of 7 June of the same year, together with the grant of a legal status under the civil law."
• "If, under the upcoming EPA rules, the daily violations grow frequent enough to push Wichita into a legal status known as "non-attainment" of the standards, the city would have to mandate clean-up steps likely to cost local businesses and residents more than $10 million annually, Wichita officials estimate."
• "Business-related topics such as creative teaching methods, the legal status of the Bates Method, setting up a vision studio, and methods of building a practice are also covered."